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The latest warnings reflect "the depth of strategic distrust between Beijing and Washington" even as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping work hard to keep their personal relationship "warm and constructive," said George Chen, part

Major U.S. strikes against the Houthis or Iran before the midterm elections is "extremely unlikely", says TAG Managing Director for the GCC Ahmed Helal in a CNBC interview on October 16, 2026. However, Helal says that President Trump "has signaled that he

"The timing is notable," said George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice, The Asia Group. "Beijing chose to approve visa's license just ahead of the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen next month, where Xi Jinping and Trump are expected to meet agai

"It is not possible to think about China in the context of containment." That's TAG Chairman and Co-Founder Kurt Campbell in a wide-ranging interview with the South China Morning Post's Open Questions series, where he discusses what comes next after the T

Ashok Malik, a partner at strategy and business advisory firm The Asia Group, said the latest US restrictions on IT firms are clearly targeted at India. "It will have an impact on the bilateral relationship," he said. "The trust between the two countries

Like Turkey, Pakistan's position is that "defense of the kingdom, with or without the Mecca pact, is going to happen," said Uzair Younus, a partner at The Asia Group, a geopolitical consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Younus cited sources he had spoken to

"The immediate task for Manus now is proving scale, profitability and regulatory alignment," said Han Lin, China country director at The Asia Group. The post Han in CNBC: Tech AI startup Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup

Jennifer Lee, a Washington-based partner at The Asia Group, said she expected the first disbursement to be tied to the Texas project, as it had undergone "substantially more review." Seoul was likely to take its time over due diligence on Alaska LNG, she

Han Lin, the China country director at The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm, said: "The animal list is certainly eye-catching: donkeys, mules, horses, whales, dolphins and dugongs. But I'd read it less as an exotic trade story than as evidence of how

Shailender Arya, senior advisor at strategic advisory firm The Asia Group, said that the launch of the EOS-5 satellite by Isro on 4 September may help India's private sector. "India's own private constellation via EO-PPP is meant for its own defense-grade